Order up! Some of comedy's heavy hitters will make an appearance this season on "Bob's Burgers."

Fans of the Emmy-nominated Fox animated series, can look forward to Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong and, for the upcoming holiday episode, a character voiced by Bobcat Goldthwait.

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But creator Loren Bouchard says he never gets too excited about guest actors. He really sees it more as a "play date" for the cast members.

"I try not to get too starstruck or too interested in that partly because I love the cast and whoever's gonna come in, I just want them to play nice," he said. "And I'll get more excited about somebody who I know is gonna play well with those guys."

It's also important for guests to have a "voice."

"You can write a great character and then go try to cast that character and you don't find them, what a disappointment," Bouchard continued. "There's a sort of rule of thumb: think of the voice then think of the character and you know it's going to work."

"Bob's Burgers," which is now in its fourth season, is about Bob Belcher, who runs a small seaside burger shop with the help of his wife, Linda, and three kids, Tina, Gene and Louise.

And, guess what, they're from down the shore.

"It's not based on a particular town," Bouchard said. "I felt like we had to be pretty close to the outer boroughs of New York or the Jersey Shore partly because of John Robert's mother's accent."

Brooklyn native John Roberts voices Linda, who has a distinct nasal-accent.

"We really knew that's a pretty tight area where that voice comes from, that sort of Long Island and Jersey Shore," Bouchard continued. "That's where it had to be and that felt natural."

Actor H. Jon Benjamin voices Bob Belcher and the main character for another popular animated series, Sterling Archer on FX's "Archer."

A still from the intro sequence to Bob's Burgers. (Mutated Shrimp)

In homage to this, "Archer" had a "Bob's Burger's" crossover but fans should not expect the favor to be returned.

"It doesn't really work the other way," said Benjamin.

However, his co-star on the hit '90s animated series "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist" will stop by this season.

"Jonathan Katz does a guest voice," Bouchard said, who was also a producer on "Dr. Katz." "It's not crossover… I've got to figure out the right crossover to do for Bob's Burgers."

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Other side characters including handyman Teddy and Regular-Sized Rudy, the Belcher kids' asthmatic classmate, will have bigger roles this season, too.

"There's a couple of Teddy episodes coming up," said Larry Murphy, who voices the character. "[There's a] Teddy babysits the kids episode for season four. That episode is called 'Uncle Teddy.'"

Now that the series has been picked up for a fifth season, Bouchard says the door is open for other guest actors, but he's not going to chase after anyone in particular.

"If I find out that Bill Murray or some fantastic talent like that wants to be there, wants to do the show and is gonna come and be there for a couple of hours and really get into the booth and leave some sweat on the microphone, then they're in."